residential area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofresidentialandarea
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residential
adjective
uk/ˌrez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/us/ˌrez.əˈden.ʃəl/
A residential road, area, etc. has only private houses, not offices ...
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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofresidentialandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofresidential area
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The city then refused to grant him a permit on the grounds that the property was in aresidentialarea.
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Such a construction would have impeded the natural, southerly flow of water and thus protected theresidentialareato the south from flooding and sedimentation.
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They differed from the ' media consumers', however, in the higher percentage of men and pre-retirement industrial occupations, and average health status andresidentialareacharacteristics.
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Aresidentialarealies to the north, and a light industrial area to the south.
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Thisresidentialareawas a former hacienda that had been bought by the developers of trams.
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They identify themselves more with theirresidentialarea, their mission station, or their ethnic group than with any other concept.
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The property was located in aresidentialareawhich the city had designated as a residential zone.
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The two existing story books, for a much smaller station with only two women officers attached to it, reflect a different set of concerns associated with a suburbanresidentialarea.
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The levels of participation in the four styles were associated with nine background characteristics : gender, education, income, former occupation, work status, retirement pattern, origin,residentialareaand health.
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Nonetheless, the number who gave positive reasons for leaving increased, and the number giving negative reasons decreased (such as bad accommodation or a noisy or worryingresidentialarea).
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The other one is part of a new bypass from the west and to the main traffic artery coming in from the south, liberating an existingresidentialareafrom through-traffic.
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However, because residences dominated the area around the crossroads, the city zoned it as aresidentialarea, resulting in a significant loss of value to the owner.
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Patrifocal, adult males might have been buried here rather than in theresidentialareawith affinal females and young children.
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That is like the police ordering all guard dogs to be put down after the number of burglaries in aresidentialareahas doubled.
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It divides much of theresidentialareafrom the social area.
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It can often cause hardship and loss of property values when, for instance, a site in aresidentialareais suddenly developed with industrial buildings.
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Of course a church is considered appropriate to aresidentialarea.
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The road goes through a heavily populatedresidentialarea.
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